PauseAI
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Position, range and evidence details
Preferred pace: -87; stated catastrophic-risk concern: 66. These are layout units, not percentages or rankings.
Pace range: -100 to -65; concern range: 42 to 94. Ranges show alternative editorial interpretations, not statistical confidence intervals.
Evidence clarity: high. Basis: primary. Implementation: public-advocacy.
Record status: Published record
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This is a published Atlas record with no open challenge recorded in this edition. It is not a guarantee that the sources are current or the interpretation is correct.
Status recorded: 2026-09-16. This is separate from the source-reading and actor-review dates.
Publication dates and source age
Sources counted: 1
Newest dated source: 2026-04-05
At least one source was published within the 18-month window.
Assessed at this edition's evidence cutoff: 2026-09-16. 18-month boundary: 2025-03-16.
Publication age does not tell us whether a claim is still valid. Reading an old source again does not make its publication date newer. An update date does not establish that the passage we used was updated.
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What this position covers
Its April 2026 proposal for a global pause on the most powerful general-AI training. [1]
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What to keep in mind
A movement has internal variation; this point represents its published proposal. [1]
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What they say about the pace of AI
Advocates a coordinated global pause rather than a company pausing on its own. [1]
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April 5, 2026 proposal; opening and Treaty Measures
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What they say about catastrophic risk
Its proposal treats dangerous AI progress as a reason for international restraint. [1]
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April 5, 2026 proposal; opening and Treaty Measures
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The wider picture
Calls for a coordinated global pause on the most powerful AI training. [1]
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The proposal's limits
Its April 2026 proposal calls for safety and democratic-control conditions before more powerful general AI is developed. It distinguishes that target from narrow applications such as medical image recognition. [1]
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Sources and what we read
1. PauseAI Proposal (April 2026 version)
Publication dates and source age
Sources counted: 1
Newest dated source: 2026-04-05
At least one source was published within the 18-month window.
Assessed at this edition's evidence cutoff: 2026-09-16. 18-month boundary: 2025-03-16.
Publication age does not tell us whether a claim is still valid. Reading an old source again does not make its publication date newer. An update date does not establish that the passage we used was updated.
What we read: April 2026 proposal: pause and approval conditions, democratic control, effects of a treaty, and proposed longer-term research and hardware restrictions.
No archived copy verified · Archive check 2026-09-15
Read the April 5th, 2026 version, including its global pause, training approvals and democratic-control conditions. Used for the movement's published proposal and terminology; its predictions are attributed advocacy.
Edition and machine-readable evidence
Content version 0.22.0. Evidence cutoff 2026-09-16; this does not mean every source was read on that day.
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